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Goodness, such an influx tonight!
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:41:04 UTC from web-
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@awlderpy It's fluxing inward. For sure.
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Saturday, 24-May-14 03:45:25 UTC from web
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@awlderpy I have a problem with feeling less smarter because then people don't understand me and I worry that I must have got it wrong. XD
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:46:29 UTC from web-
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:47:20 UTC from web
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@awlderpy Man, people with more than one language impress the hell out of me, even if they aren't great with their non-first ones. Hell, even if they have, like, a language and a half it's badass.
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:48:18 UTC from web-
@scribus easier to say when one is only typing. I grew up until age 10 with three languages at home and school.
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:50:44 UTC from web-
@awlderpy Guh, meanwhile my Mexican family were all bilingual and just stuck mostly to English. :p
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:51:44 UTC from web-
@scribus that... Might have been for the better, shows that they were more willing to assimilate into the country where they were living. We were being taught russian in our school since grade 1 but our village had abkhaz and georgian speakers. My mother spoke mostly georgian whilst my father, abkhaz.
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:55:18 UTC from web-
@awlderpy Yeah, it's been positive that they can all live comfortably in an English-speaking country, but I sure wouldn't mind being bilingual for life.
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:56:32 UTC from web-
@scribus you might have an inclination to Spanish still. Not as in primary language inclination but it could be easier. As it is now ai barely speak either Georgian or Abkhaz.
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:57:55 UTC from web-
@awlderpy Yeah, I've just gotta get around to it. My roommate and I are considering taking classes together, so that'd be a good chance for some forced immersion.
Saturday, 24-May-14 03:58:40 UTC from web-
@scribus forced immersion is a great way to go! It can be simply amazing what one manages to pick up when thrown in a place where they can not communicate via normal means (spoken).
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:00:04 UTC from web-
@awlderpy Yeah, I have the unique problem of, even when I'm surrounded by Spanish-speakers, they tend to understand enough English and I understand (though not speak) enough Spanish to have relatively coherent basic conversations, so even in a Mexican neighborhood I'm still not really "immersed."
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:01:39 UTC from web-
@scribus probably best way for immersion is a poorer area of a spanish speaking country, or more rural, but not advised? I mean, at least you don't want to learn Ukranian, Syrian Arabic or Uyghur by the same means...
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:03:35 UTC from web-
@awlderpy Well, I would like to learn Arabic, but yeah.... I'm not about to go be Whitey McAmerica out there for kicks.
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:04:24 UTC from web-
@scribus i had learned the writing systeme and could read it, outside a few phrases that's about it. Immersion-wise one might find a bazaar kind of area or middle eastern neighbourhood?
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:06:54 UTC from web-
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:07:45 UTC from web
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@scribus spanish is easier by far, by far. For the one fascinated by calligraphy Arabic writing is really one of the best.
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:08:52 UTC from web-
@awlderpy It is indeed a beautifully written language, but I can hardly scribble legibly in my own language as it is.
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:09:43 UTC from web-
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Saturday, 24-May-14 04:13:08 UTC from web
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@awlderpy Well, since magnets came out of the Earth, and the Earth is where gravity comes from, magnets still have a little bit of gravity left in them.
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:14:06 UTC from web-
@scribus You're a wise one indeed
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:14:50 UTC from web-
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:15:36 UTC from web
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@scribus Well, alcohol may be the fuel to your mind.
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:16:26 UTC from web-
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:17:32 UTC from web
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@scribus Who needs nectar and ambrosia
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:20:44 UTC from web-
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:21:10 UTC from web
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@scribus Obelix once said "We might be gods, but we eat boar"
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:21:42 UTC from web
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@scribus so how do they attract ferrous metals and not other things? (I really was just looking for a way to use that meme)
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:16:14 UTC from web-
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Saturday, 24-May-14 04:18:05 UTC from web
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Saturday, 24-May-14 04:19:41 UTC from web
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@scribus If you become a linguist in the military you can learn Arabic in just 16 months
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:10:00 UTC from web-
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:12:16 UTC from web
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@scribus Plus it's extremely stressful here. I mean, you are learning a language in only 12 months. But at least the view is nice
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:13:50 UTC from web-
@lunanut I've been working on English for 30 YEARS, man! At 12 months I was lucky to say "ma-ma!"
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:14:39 UTC from web-
@scribus DLI would have taken what took you 30 years to learn and have you speaking like that in about 14 months or less. That's how intensive the courses are here.
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:16:52 UTC from web-
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:17:21 UTC from web
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@scribus So I've heard. But I got lucky. Apparently I got assigned the best and most fun language to learn
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:18:28 UTC from web-
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:19:15 UTC from web
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@scribus Fun times ahead! Thank goodness it's a 4 day weekend this weekend
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:19:50 UTC from web-
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:20:58 UTC from web
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@scribus Especially when they give you more time before classes start.
Saturday, 24-May-14 04:22:00 UTC from web
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